Low Cal High Protein Mini Taco Bowls
An easy weeknight recipe packed with protein and veggies.
Ingredients
- 1 pound 99% lean ground turkey
- 1 Tbsp Peanut oil any oil you prefer to cook turkey with is fine
- 1 packet Taco or fajita seasoning of choice I use Casa Mexicana fajita blend
- 1/2 cup Mexican cheese blend shredded
- 1 Tomato
- 1 Bell pepper
- 1/2 Red onion
- 12 Street taco corn tortillas white or yellow
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375 F and heat oil in a skillet over medium heat.
- While oven is preheating and pan is warming up, prep the veggies. Dice the tomato, bell pepper, and onion. Add whatever additional vegetables you like. Set aside 1/2 cup of shredded Mexican cheese.
- Spray a 12 count muffin tin with non stick spray. Stack 4 tortillas at a time in a damp paper towel and microwave for 15 seconds to soften. Arrange the softened tortillas in the muffin tin. They should fold into a flower shape like the above images.
- Bake the tortillas in the oven for 7-10 minutes. Be careful not to let them burn, oven temps vary. In the meantime, begin cooking the turkey meat.
- Cook turkey meat in the pan until it is cooked through. Lean turkey meat generally turns white/off white when cooked through. Add your seasoning and brown.
- Fill the tortilla cups with turkey meat and top with cheese. Pop them back into the oven until the cheese is melted, about three minutes.
- Top with desired veggies and hot sauce/salsa- and enjoy this guilt free high protein meal!